To begin, use one of the following search methods to select a process:
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Search for a process based on print characteristics.
Although you may just enter the name of a process (if known), the search field above also allows you to enter print characteristics. This may be especially useful if you are not sure of a name, but know (or can recognize) a few simple characteristics. Search terms may be vague or specific. See examples below (based on real searches):
All characteristics should be separated by commas.
| Search Term(s) | Sample (Process) Matches |
|---|---|
| albumen print | Albumen Print (full-figure cdv), Albumen Print (vignette cdv) |
| old, black and white, portrait | Albumen Print (full-figure cdv), Platinum Print, Salt Print, etc. |
| color print, common format, Kodak paper, sharp, large depth of field | Kodachrome Print, Kodacolor Print, etc. |
| snap shot, rough texture, neutral image color, image is scratched | Silver Gelatin Print (snap shot) |
| silver mirroring, fine-grain texture, kodak, three layer structure, continuos tone, matting agents | Silver Gelatin Print (studio portrait) |
Pre-photographic
Intaglio
- Etching
- Steel Engraving
- Engraving
- Mezzotint
- Stipple Engraving
- Aquatint (Hand-Colored)
- Etching (Tinted)
Stone Lithography
Relief
Photomechanical
Offset Lithography
Collotype
Letterpress
Gravure
Woodburytype
Photographic
Printing-Out
- Albumen (Full-Figure CDV)
- Salt Print (Yearbook Portrait)
- Albumen (Vignetted CDV)
- Matte Collodion
- Gelatin POP (Glossy)
- Collodion POP (Glossy)
- Collodion POP (Group Portrait)
- Albumen (Cabinet Card)
- Albumen (Souvenir CDV)
- Gelatin POP (Faded)
- Matte Collodion (Graduation Portrait)
- Gelatin POP (Bridge)
- Albumen (Stereoview)
- Albumen (Oval Portrait CDV)
- Albumen (Tinted CDV)
Carbon
Iron-Based
- Platinum Print (Neutral)
- Cyanotype (Postcard)
- Platinum Print (Warm)
- Cyanotype (Portrait)
- Cyanotype (Group Portrait)
Silver Gelatin (B&W)
- Silver Gelatin (Hand-Colored Postcard)
- Silver Gelatin (Silk Surface)
- Silver Gelatin (Azo Postcard)
- Silver Gelatin (Snapshot)
- Silver Gelatin (Studio Portrait)
- Silver Gelatin (Toned Postcard)
- Silver Gelatin (Photo Booth)
- Silver Gelatin (Selenium-Toned Stereoview)
- Silver Gelatin (Resin-Coated Paper)
- Silver Gelatin (Sulfur-Toned Studio Portrait)
- Silver Gelatin (Cabinet Card)
- Silver Gelatin (Defender Postcard)
- Silver Gelatin (Embellished Postcard)
- Silver Gelatin (Metallic Postcard)
Chromogenic Color
- Chromogenic (Kodacolor 1955)
- Chromogenic (Kodachrome Print)
- Chromogenic (Resin-Coated)
- Chromogenic (Digital Exposure)
- Chromogenic (Kodacolor 1958)
- Chromogenic (Ansco Printon)
- Chromogenic (Kodacolor 1948)
- Chromogenic (Fujicolor)
Instant
- Instant (Polacolor)
- Instant (Polaroid)
- Instant (Mounted Polacolor)
- Instant (Polaroid Roll Film)
- Instant (Polaroid SX-70)
Dye Imbibition
Silver-Dye Bleach
Digital
Dye Sublimation
Inkjet
- Inkjet (Pigment on Glossy RC)
- Inkjet (Dye on Glossy RC)
- Inkjet (Dye on Matte)
- Inkjet (Pigment on Matte)
- Inkjet (Iris)
- Inkjet (Pigment on Luster B/W)
- Inkjet (Pigment on Matte B/W)
- Inkjet (Pigment on Textured Matte)
- Inkjet (Pigment on Smooth Matte)
- Inkjet (Pigment on High Gloss RC B/W)
- Inkjet (Pigment on High Gloss RC)
- Inkjet (Pigment on Glossy FB)
- Inkjet (Pigment on Luster)
- Inkjet (Solid Dye Ink)